Release Date: 10 January 2020
Label: Capriccio - Cd / Capriccio
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 845221053929
Composer/Series: Johann Joseph Abert
Description
The fate of the lovesick monk Ekkehard unfolds against the historical background of the battle against heathenism and the Hunnish invasion - things which the broad and lavish grand-opera framework not only justifies but virtually demands. Abert set this very motley text to music in such a way that each of the various worlds and situations is given its appropriate expression, emulating just about all the styles represented in opera today". However, his approach is not one of simple eclecticism; the entire work is set in the fully individual tonal language he had developed in his previous operas.The young tenor Jonas Kaufmann with his brilliant tembre had the best requirements to present the main-role in this nearly unknown opera. This production was one of the first recordings in general for him, now re-mastered and new released again. "
Holger Groschopp
Ferreira:Valentin:Langbein
Ensemble Art D'Echo/Laake
Daniel Behle:Bjelland
Costantino Mastroprimiano
Various
Various
Tzimon Barto
